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By Dave White, About.com Guide to Classic Rock since 2005

Rock in the Courtroom

Friday August 22, 2008
And now, let's meet today's contestants. The "Riders" team of Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger are going up against John Densmore and the family of the late Jim Morrison, in today's edition of "Who Gets To Be The Doors?"

Shortly after Manzarek and Krieger went on tour in 2002 as The Doors of the 21st Century, Densmore (who politely declined their invitation to come along) and the Morrisons filed suit, saying that all the parties had not agreed that the band's name could be used, as specified in a 1970 agreement.

After a series of hearings, judgments and appeals, the court now says that Krieger and Manzarek will have to pay $3.2 million to Densmore, Morrison's parents, and the parents of Morrison's late wife, Pam Courson.

Still to be decided is whether Krieger and Manzarek (who, by the way, now tour as Riders On The Storm) will also have to pay another $2-million in legal costs.

Photo (l-r: Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger) by Matthew Peyton / Getty Images

Comments

August 29, 2008 at 10:53 am
(1) Craig Newton says:

Densmore is a jackass. If he didn’t want to tour with them I think he gave up any right to complain about them using the name. As for the Morrisons and Coursons, they are just a bunch of gravy trainers. Densmore, the Morrisons and the cCoursons need to just dry up and blow away.

August 29, 2008 at 12:41 pm
(2) concertblast says:

You have got to be kidding me!
Pay money for a name that they changed?
Aren’t they part owners of the name anyway?

I’m surprised they haven’t gone after the multiple tribute bands that are out there using a portion of “The Doors” in their name.

RIDICULOUS!!!

Mike Arnold – Concert Blast!
http://www.concertblast.com

August 29, 2008 at 1:09 pm
(3) alex says:

LET’S ROCK & ROLL

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